WBA featherweight champion Nick Ball (21-0-1, 12 KOs) defends his world title on March 15 against TJ Doheny (26-5, 20 KOs) at the M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool. The entire event will be shown on TNT Sports and Discovery+ for those in the UK, while DAZN will also show the fight in over 200 countries worldwide. Ahead of fight night, Frank Warren spoke to talkSPORT and hinted at a potential ‘monster’ fight in the future for the Liverpudlian.
Frank Warren Discusses Nick Ball’s Potential Clash with Naoya Inoue
Warren Talks Potential Ball vs Inoue Bout
Ball enjoyed a memorable 2024 campaign, with impressive wins over Raymond Ford and Ronny Rios, in addition to a controversial draw against Rey Vargas. Doheny had won three fights in a row before his defeat last time out against Naoya Inoue.
When speaking to talkSPORT, Warren was asked by Ade Oladpio if Nick Ball could be in the conversation to face Naoya Inoue: “Yeah, we’ve had conversations about it, but it won’t happen until the end of the year if it does. And he’s got to get through as you just said, a fight on Saturday which fingers crossed he will,” said the Queensberry founder.
Warren continued: “Then after that, I’d expect him to come out again and have another fight before the end of the year, and then we can hopefully get the Inoue fight on, which is a fight I really do fancy him in.”
Inoue is due to face Ramon Cardenas on May 4 – and should he come through that, it’s expected he will face Murodjon“MJ” Akhmadaliev before fighting in Riyadh at the end of the year. Could Ball-Inoue take place in late 2025?
Nick Ball vs TJ Doheny Full Fight Card
Nick Ball vs. TJ Doheny, 12 rounds, for Ball’s WBA featherweight titleAndrew Cain vs. Charlie Edwards, 12 rounds, for Cain’s British and Commonwealth bantamweight titlesBrad Strand vs. Ionut Baluta, 10 rounds, super bantamweightsJadier Herrera vs. Jose Macias Enriquez, 10 rounds, lightweightsJack Turner vs. Ryan Farrag, 10 rounds, junior bantamweightsBoma Brown vs. Cristian Uwaka, 6 rounds, heavyweightsJack Power vs. Jose Aguirre, 6 rounds, middleweightsStephen Clarke vs. Dmitri Protkunas, 6 rounds, middleweightsLucas Biswana vs. Ezequiel Gregores, 4 rounds, welterweightsLewis Lawton vs. Artjom Spatar, 4 rounds, super welterweightsWilliam Birchall vs. Engel Gomez, 4 rounds, featherweightsLeighton Birchall vs. Laszlo Bernath, 4 rounds, super bantamweights
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